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    Engineering Robust Battery Interphases with Dilute Fluorinated Cations

    Year: 2024

    Authors: Hong, Chulgi Nathan; Yan, Mengwen; Borodin, Oleg; Pollard, Travis P.; Wu, Langyuan; Reiter, Manuel; Vazquez, Dario Gomez; Trapp, Katharina; Yoo, Jimun; Shpigel, Netanel; Feldblyum, Jeremy I.; Lukatskaya, Maria R.

    Keywords: Cathode electrolyte interphase; Electrolyte additives; Electrolytes; Lithium metal batteries; Solid electrolyte interphase

    Controlling solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) in batteries is crucial for their efficient cycling. Herein, we demonstrate an approach to enable robust battery performance that does not rely on high fractions of fluorinated species in electrolytes, thus substantially decreasing the environmental footprint and cost of high-energy batteries. In this approach, we use very low fractions of readily reducible fluorinated cations in electrolyte (~0.1 wt.%) and employ electrostatic attraction to generate a substantial population of these cations at the anode surface. As a result, we can form a robust fluorine-rich SEI that allows for dendrite-free deposition of dense Li and stable cycling of Li metal full cells with high-voltage cathodes. Our approach represents a general strategy for delivering desired chemical species to battery anodes through electrostatic attraction while using minute amounts of additive.
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